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cutesy

American  
[kyoot-see] / ˈkyut si /
Or cutesie

adjective

Informal.
cutesier, cutesiest

  1. forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered.

    cutesy greeting cards, with animals peeking from behind flowers.
cutesy British  
/ ˈkjuːtsɪ /

adjective

  1. informal affectedly cute or coy

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Etymology

Origin of cutesy

First recorded in 1910–15; cute + -sy

Example Sentences

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Cutesy monster Om Nom has brought his rope-cutting action to the Marketplace, with 300 physics-puzzle levels and the promise of "more to come".

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012

Ramona & Beezus Cutesy comedy of an over-imaginative schoolgirl.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2010

Cutesy bits of animation flit across the screen now and then, for emphasis.

From Washington Post

Cutesy Star Sally Field, 21, plays a swinging nun whose starchy cornet launches her airborne in the wind cur rents around her Puerto Rican convent.

From Time Magazine Archive

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